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October 20, 2015

Victory! We Have Victory!

I
usually use the blog for things of interest to me, on a nerd / geek
level. Politics isn’t usually in that field, but with what every
Canadian knows by now, it deserves a mention.

Last night the Liberals swept the Conservatives.

Now, over the course of time, I’ve usually voted NDP and Liberal,
depending on the year, party, platform, leader etc…I’ve never voted
Conservative. Not due to being pro-active anti- Conservative bigotry
(which I don’t have, but the attack ads, and posts against
Liberals from ‘extreme’ Cons was a bit much. I just never agreed with
their platform or leader’s.) Because of how much the Liberals defeated
the Cons by, that says something. Perhaps about Harper. Perhaps about
the Cons. Perhaps both. Or perhaps something
else.

For me, I believe it was in 2011 when the Cons returned to power – and
how they did (with the % of the vote thing…I can’t find the mage at this
moment). Even during Harper’s campaign – “Protect our economy”. Using
“crime” and other negative, fearful words to
attempt to make Canadians afraid should they not vote for him. I
believe, that was the wrong approach. That could, however, be Harper’s
angle, or that of the Cons.

I much preferred Trudeau’s style – youthful, enthusiastic, promising
change, giving hope. In terms of personality and charisma, Trudeau was
the winner on that angle.

I do hope that this post won’t upset any readers, nor be too touchy – you don’t talk about religion and politics, after all.

I am glad to get “Canada” back, and escape words such as ‘protect’ etc that may make Canadians fearful (of what…?).

I believe the ideal election would be (keyword is ideal, not realistic) :

Justin Trudeau – Liberal

Jack Layton – NDP

Someone Else – Conservative

Elizabeth May – Green (…?)

Before I close, some good words from Mulcair:

“This
election was about change, and tonight, Canadians turned the page on 10
long years and they rejected the politics of fear and division,”
“It is obvious that major differences exist between our parties, and
over the past 78 days there was emphasis put on these differences, to
permit Canadians to make a choice. Today, Canadians have made that
choice and we accept it with humility.”
“In this campaign Mr. Trudeau made ambitious commitments to Canadians,
and Canadians will have high expectations for their next Parliament.”